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December 2016

Volume 99, Number 12

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• Financial Disclosure
• Letters to the Editor

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Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Sun Ho Ahn, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

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	24-page Special Section Advances in Autoimmune Diseases Guest Editor Edward V. Lally, MD

18	Newer Treatment Strategies for Autoimmune Diseases Edward V. Lally, MD
19	Targeted Immunomodulatory Therapy: An Overview Ashley L. Lefebvre, PharmD, CDOE; Laura McAuliffe, PharmD: PGY2
23	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Review of the Clinical Approach to Diagnosis and Update on Current Targeted Therapies Joanne Szczygiel Cunha, MD; Katarzyna Gilek-SEIbert, MD
28	Pemphigus: Pathogenesis to Treatment Christopher DiMarco, MD
32	Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP): Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Current Treatment Strategies Jacques Reynolds, DO; George Sachs, MD, PhD; Kara Stavros, MD
36	Autoimmune Cytopenias: Diagnosis & Management Christian P. Nixon, MD, PhD; Joseph D. Sweeney, MD

	CONTRIBUTION
41	Fibromyalgia Syndrome, A Geriatric Challenge Julio C. DeFillo-Draiby, MD ; John S. Page

	CASE REPORTS
45	Fournier’s gangrene of the penis in a 12-year-old patient secondary to phimosis Luther Ward, MD, MPH, FACS; Daniel Eisenson, BA; Jean-Louis Fils, MD
47	Right in Front of Our Eyes: Evolution of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome with Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Salaheldin M. Elhamamsy, MD; Mazen O. Al-Qadi, MD; Taro Minami, MD; Marguerite Neill, MD

	PUBLIC HEALTH
50	PUBLIC HEALTH BRIEFING Ten Years and Growing: Medical Marijuana in Rhode Island – Where Are We Now? James V. McDonald, MD, MPH ; Mike Simoli
53	HEALTH BY NUMBERS Surveillance of Suicide and Suicide Attempts Among Rhode Island Youth Using Multiple Data Sources Yongwen Jiang, PhD ; Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD; Jeffrey Hill, MS; Samara Viner-Brown, MS
57	Vital Statistics Roseann Giorgianni, State Registrar

	COMMENTARY (10-page section)
8	Medical Tourism Joseph H. Friedman, MD
11	Dickensian Diagnostics: Diseases of Christmas Past What ailed Scrooge and Tiny Tim? Herbert Rakatansky, MD
13	Reconnecting with my Purpose in the Kingdom of Bhutan Eric Cohen, MD

	WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE RIMJ readers' photos
17	New York, New York

	RIMS NEWS (7-page section)
58	Are you reading RIMS Notes?
60	Working for You
61	Weight + Wellness Summit
64	Why You Should Join RIMS

	SPOTLIGHT
66	Body Worlds Exhibit: Anatomy Up Close & Personal Mary Korr

	PEOPLE (7-page section)
75	Appointments Recognition

	HERITAGE
82	Dec. 7, 1941: 75 years ago, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor RIMJ launches special features: Doctors at War & Calling All Battle Stations MARY KORR

	IN THE NEWS (complete 7-page section)
68	Alpert Foundation awards Brown medical school $27M Funds will endow MD/PhD program; create Translational Science professorship
	AMA Adopts New Policies to Support Medical Student and Resident Physician Wellness and Mental Health
70	Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center awarded $3.3M NIH grant to study effects of trauma on teens and value of social media in recovery
	AMA Launches Textbook to Train Physicians on ‘Third Science’
72	Women & Infants Files Letter of Intent for Renovation of Labor and Delivery Suite
	Stoico/FIRSTFED Charitable Foundation donates $1.1M for maternity care at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford Donation is part of Southcoast Health’s $25 million capital fundraising campaign
73	Drs. Gruppuso, Adashi question ‘residency placement fever’

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